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- 1 2 "True history of the Bliss gang" by Matthew Westwood, The Australian , 6 March 2010
- ↑ Bliss Archived 8 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Opera Australia
- ↑ "Moments of Bliss / Brett Dean" Archived 13 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine at the Australian Music Centre
- ↑ Moments of Bliss at ABC Classic FM
- ↑ "Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Rattle at Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool" by Richard Morrison, The Times (6 October 2008)
- ↑ "Brett Dean: Songs of Joy premiered by Simon Rattle" at Boosey & Hawkes
- ↑ Artscape: Making Opera Bliss
- ↑ "The designer touches that bring theatre to life", The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 February 2010
